Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Psyche.

It's Coming
She needed a break from the glare and the constant notifications. Living in the world through screens, artificial light, and influencers that mold the influenced. She imagined the trees long and high into the never-ending sky. The creatures chatting up a storm, the warmth and soft humidity caressing her skin. She breathed in the moss growing on the north side of the tree, the sweet wood breathing out slow, slow enough for her to feel the gentle rumble of the roots below her feet. Her toes digging into the soft grass, her lungs contracting and expanding.
By Andrea5 years ago in Psyche
MoLo B4 MoLo
Things were different 15 years back. Obviously the lack of responsibility, lack of knowledge and simply just a kid full of unanswered questions that the world was going to give me in the palm of my hand whether I'd want it or not but I’d say I grew up with what your average foreign kid would grow up with. I had my ma and pops with me, even my uncle tagged along with us when we left Colombia who became a brother figure. At this point in my life, we were living in Ontario after moving from the states. I’d get driven from school and right after that get driven to a day home where I’d either spend the rest of the day and night there or I’d get picked up late to sleep at home then rinse and repeat. You know that movie cliche of the kid looking out the window while some emotional music played in the background, that was literally me. Every day when I’d get driven from one place to the other, I would completely disconnect myself from reality and it was just me and the music.
By TheOfficial.MoLo5 years ago in Psyche
5 Opportunities I Missed Because of My Anxiety
My anxiety is a weird creature. Humongous and loud but also nuanced and subtle. It operates within a realm of constant contradiction, trapped between unending longing for more than the present and inescapable fear of what the future may bring. It serves as a springboard for inertia, fomenting my inability and unwillingness to effect meaningful change in my life. I recently began coming to terms with just how much this impacts my experience. Often, in the dead of night, when everyone else dreams beautiful dreams, I mull over all of the opportunities that have fallen through because my anxious mind and chronic overthinking made me a prisoner. I think, what would have been the outcomes of these circumstances if I had stopped for one second and believed in myself? Always one for self-reflection, I made a list of the top five things I've foregone because I convinced myself I wasn't good enough.
By Laquesha Bailey5 years ago in Psyche
Healing Sexual Trauma
I feel such a deep sadness. On better days it lingers, blocking the inner peace that I crave to reclaim. I try to distract myself with turtle-dove cheesecake,rooftop parties, and wild sex with unsuitable partners, for it only to resurface during my alone time. I crave intimacy, yet, I fear it. So, I innately attract others who are emotionally unavailable due to some form of past trauma.
By Sage5 years ago in Psyche
Acceptance
The air was cold and breezy on December 15, 2004. The midnight hour set in as the demons looked for light to cast their shadows. As time ticked forward the shadows began to dance. On this particular night, the shadows zeroed in on Melinda Cline.
By Mel Cook5 years ago in Psyche
Shattered
The lines have finally blurred completely. I... think I was just at a party but I can't be sure. One minute I was drinking a martini and then the next I'm draped like an old coat on a chair. I don't remember getting here. I'm in a blue dress now... I vividly remember wearing a red dress at the party. It’s all still fresh in my mind. I was there, sipping a martini, gin not vodka, and debating this insufferable woman that maki was a very valid way to consume sushi. I don't eat sushi. It makes my stomach turn knots just thinking of it. I don't know why I know that maki is a form of sushi where it is basically seaweed wrapped. It was happening again.
By G. Dean Manuel5 years ago in Psyche
Alcoholism
This story is based on my childhood when I was growing up with my parents before they divorced. It is not meant to bash my father because I do love him, and he has gotten so much better once he married my stepmother. I just want to get this story off my chest because it has bothered me for years and sometimes still affects me when someone I love starts getting angry, even if they are not drinking. I am sure that there are many people who have experienced this just like me and hope that things are better for you as well.
By Saydei Lee5 years ago in Psyche
Ignoring The Comment Section On Social Media . Top Story - February 2021.
It’s 3am. My boyfriend is fast asleep. Our Golden Retriever is fast asleep. And me… I’ve turned to my side with my mobile phone brightness turned right down low. I’m careful not to make sudden movements as I scroll… and scroll… and scroll.
By Fiona Nneka5 years ago in Psyche
How To Avoid Stress
Stress is something that nobody can avoid forever. Stressful situations will always come up when you least expect them and they will literally destroy you mentally most of the time. If you're not equipped with the knowledge of how to deal with these stressful situations then you will most likely crumb under pressure and lose your temper.
By 8illionaire Marketing5 years ago in Psyche
Trust and Trauma
As I sit here, I find myself torn to pieces. I am nearly thirty years old and as I've stated in a previous article, working on my complex trauma. Years of abuse has put me in a strange place. I have been with my partner for going on five years now, and I don't know how to trust her.
By Jackson Hostler5 years ago in Psyche
Review of ‘Familial Complexes in Individual Formation by Jaques Lacan’
Preface The situation of myself, primarily as an interviewer at PAWS has led me to write to and exchange correspondence with a variety of professionals involved with design, theatre to the culinary arts. Often the selection of which of the interviews would make it to the magazine was a bone of contention between the management and me. For reasons best known to others, the management has chosen to conceal the circulation figures, as well as not heeded my request to include a letters to the editor section. In the absence of any mechanism of feedback, to discern the reception of our articles, and to perhaps make a space of exchange regarding the process and criteria, not merely of the selection of articles, but also their form – which to my eyes need not be relegated to interviews alone, I seek to continue my prior study of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory.
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in Psyche
How Addiction Has Taught Me to Live a More Intentional Life
Addiction is a big part of who I am today. Throughout my entire life, I have watched my dad suffer at the hands of alcohol. He is the true definition of an addict. His addiction has kept him from ever keeping a job and the revocation of his license. Those two things led to him living on the streets which aided his contraction of hepatitis C.
By Reo5 years ago in Psyche